Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 290 Reoccupation
The reappearance of Yahini caused panic among the Indian tankers, because the previous few hits did not seem to hurt the tank at all, and they did not know how many enemies were appearing and disappearing in the smoke.The Indian company commander in front of him began to ask Azarid for help, and Azarid transferred the last company that could be mobilized to assist in the defense.Due to the limited efficiency of the cooling equipment, it is difficult for the thermal imager of the Indian T gunner to track the target for a long time, which makes it difficult to use the laser beam driving missile in this long-distance shooting. Several T90s tried to fire a few rounds. Missing the target, this problem also plagued Yahini's Type 99 tank. The long-term parking state when using missiles is an excellent opportunity for the opponent to aim.In the end, the tank battle turned into a simple competition of armor and firepower. The two sides shot, reversed, and dodged each other from a long distance.This was the type of fighting Yahini hated the most, but he had to bite the bullet and fight to buy time for the counterattack of the Chinese commander he had never met.

Both sides adopted the simple tactics of firing one shot and retreating, hoping to find a bargain in terms of observation distance and shooting range.At this distance, neither of the two 2mm guns has enough confidence to penetrate the opponent.The entire battlefield is filled with the sound of reactive armor explosions, the roar of engines, and the terrible tearing sound when the core breaks. People with a little weak will cannot persist in such an environment for too long.

After 2 minutes of rapid shooting, the situation gradually became clear. The front armor of the 99G was obviously superior, while the reactive armor of the T90 exposed a fatal problem in night combat. Although these armors can effectively resist kinetic energy armor piercing projectiles, once they are detonated, The hot front armor plate will be exposed to the opponent's thermal imaging camera for a long time, and it will not be able to hide in the background even if it retreats 300 meters.On the sights of this row of Type 99 tanks, this dazzling white shadow will undoubtedly provide gunners with long-term stable aiming opportunities, and the armor on the front of the T90S, which has lost the protection of reactive armor, is also difficult to resist the second tail. Attack of sabot long rod armor piercing projectiles.

Azarid got out of the turret and looked to the north. There was a lot of gunfire, and the situation was not good. He saw his troops retreating.The wreckage of the tank that was abandoned on the runway was burning.For the first time in his life, he felt alone and helpless.He must begin to face the problem - that is, his own troops may be wiped out within an hour.Right now, there are dangers everywhere, and he is short of troops. The wheeled missile launcher hidden in the west must be watched at all times, lest they secretly show their heads and open fire.The south has been quiet, but there are a dozen enemy paratrooper fighting vehicles lurking in the darkness, ready to pounce on them and slip away at any moment.At last the east was safe, the enemy had laid mines there that might hinder their own attack, and this allowed him to recalculate his increasingly stretched strength.See if we can last until dawn.In fact, he has overfulfilled all the tasks, not only occupied the runway, but also held on for a full 11 hours, but the air force has not shown up, the situation of the ground reinforcements is unknown, the communication is almost paralyzed, and there are more and more enemies.

Had General Spanga's plans gone awry?He couldn't believe such a factual conclusion. Spanga once said: All the surprise attacks in the history of warfare that surpassed the enemy's imagination were all successful in the end.The attack was perfect, the enemy was stunned, and the Suleiman Mountains were completed by him to attack such a deep and deep area.But everything that happened afterwards was a mess. There was no air support, no logistical support, and extreme fatigue was eroding the combat effectiveness of this unit all the time.

"I need help. Where are the reinforcements?" He shouted into the intercom, hissing at the top of his lungs.

But apart from the slightest noise in the earphones, there was no response.Nearly half of his tank troops have been lost, with little fuel and ammunition left, and there is no other way in sight except to die in an open area.The Chinese Air Force has never launched an attack on the tanks on this runway. Does this mean that they have always been in control of the rhythm of the war?The reason why they dare to do this is because they are sure?Azarid couldn't help but guess wildly.Before he set off, he carefully camouflaged his command vehicle, so that its turret looked simpler than an ordinary T90SK.But as the surrounding tanks were destroyed one after another, he had to start thinking about retreating.

In the grass on the east side of the runway, Li Ping steadily aimed at the Indian tank in front of him. Whenever there was an explosion from the north, the turret of the tank he was aiming at would rotate a few times in a panic, and the engine of the T90 was always idling. The lower half was turning lifelessly, but he didn't dare to start it easily, probably because the fuel was almost out.Li Ping anxiously waited for the signal to attack. From time to time, he raised his head from behind the scope, looked up at the sky, and waited for Lin Huaisheng's attack order.

The Chinese position in the west fired a signal flare again, a blue signal flare with a different color from all previous signal flares, slowly falling from the sky.Most of the exhausted Indian tank soldiers have long been indifferent to these flares. This is obviously part of the Chinese conspiracy, but it is not too important.

Li Ping squeezed the firing trigger and watched a cloud of flames fly towards the unaware Indian tank.He didn't shoot at the layered reactive armor on the tank's turret, he aimed at the power section behind the hull.

The rocket crossed an arc and hit exactly where he was aiming. As he expected, the reactive armor of the turret was detonated by shrapnel at the same time. He didn't know whether the hull was pierced by the jet, because the T90's turret was still rotating.He yelled to tell the loader to quickly load another rocket, so that he could fill it up at any time.The tank suddenly burst into flames, and the soaring flames dispersed the night, exposing the rest of the nearby Indian tanks.Immediately, the rotation of the turret also stopped. It seems that the stop of the engine caused the loss of hydraulic pressure to drive the turret inside the tank, or caused other damage with the same effect.

There were explosions in my ears one after another.A total of 16 teams fired at their respective targets almost at the same time. According to the plan formulated by Lin Huaisheng, all 120mm rocket launchers would only fire 2 rounds, and then shift positions. He specifically explained that the fire control box of the rocket launcher and the Unnecessary tripod equipment.

Sure enough, the Indian tanks were stunned by such an attack for a while, and most of the commanders had no time to find the firing position from the surrounding mirrors. The closedness of the tanks determines that unless the commander sticks his head out, it is difficult to fight in the dark. Among them, find the one who sneaked up on the opponent.A tank that was very close to Li Ping suddenly started and dodged left and right. Its gun barrel turned around, obviously it hadn't found the target yet.

Li Ping lay on the ground and aimed at the moving target with the simple fire control right eyepiece. When it passed by the burning companion, it was completely exposed.In a windless environment, this simple fire control system just works. After tracking for about 8 seconds, the aiming light spot appears. Li Ping makes a slight correction and then fires. on the tank.The tank continued to drive for about 50 meters before gradually stopping, and then smoke and flames came out from the seat ring.

The east gradually revealed the dawn, and the Indian tanks finally found some clues from the chaos. Some brave commanders stuck their heads out of the turrets and began to direct the tanks to fight back.After Li Ping's team finally finished reloading for the third time, no targets could be seen in the low-lying grass where he was.He forgot what Lin Huaisheng had said about firing only two rounds and then quickly transferring to the back of his mind. He grabbed the heavy rocket launcher from the launch pad, carried it on his shoulder, and ran up a dirt slope in a few steps to search for the next one. Target. .

300 meters away, an enraged Indian tank was charging at an empty launch pad, crushing it to pieces.Then the machine gun turret on the tank began to rotate and began to shoot at the grass.The enemy vehicle was still advancing, and the scintillator in the scope provided a probability reference for Li Ping to calculate the target's speed on the reticle.He squeezed the trigger hard, knowing it was going to hit when the hot air brushed his cheek.It's a strange intuition that never goes wrong.

The jet stream of the armor-piercing warhead penetrated into the weak side armor, instantly killing the Indian commander who was manipulating the machine gun on this side, and then detonated the ammunition on the turntable of the loading machine.

Within 120 seconds, Li Ping destroyed three T3S with only simple weapons.When he retreated down the slope, the sky was already bright, and the time to show firepower finally arrived. The infantry ambushing everywhere in the airport could already fire with 90mm individual rocket launchers. Inside the bunker, the Indian tank soldiers preparing for the final struggle were terrified. This was a rain of fire enough to melt metal; most of the shooting distances were within 80 meters, so the hit rate was very high.In the confrontation, the tank is obviously at a disadvantage, just like a lion trapped in a pack of wolves.

Whenever the armor blocks the rockets, there will be a dull collision sound. If the metal jet penetrates the armor, there will be no much movement. It will just quietly melt the steel, kill the members of the tank or detonate the ammunition.

Azared kept observing his surroundings, seeing tanks being destroyed one after another, he couldn't figure out when the enemy had deployed so many troops under his nose.Holding the communicator in his hand, he desperately called every company commander, but there was no reply.He knew that the 19th Armored Regiment had completely lost its basic organizational capabilities, that is to say, it was finished as a combat unit.The launchers of those deadly Red Arrow 9 missiles would rise at any moment from behind the western bunkers and launch an attack. Azarid had experienced these missiles and knew that they almost never missed.

"Go, go south."

"What about the others?" the driver asked.

"It's too late, let's run for our lives."

He ordered the driver to break out to the south, followed by a direct platoon.Sure enough, the Chinese army did not have a tight fortification in the south. He ran out of the Quetta airport in one go, and just ran out of fuel. I didn't know the progress of the main force of Spanga, so I decided to run in the direction of Afghanistan.He really didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he was captured by the Pakistanis, so he simply surrendered to the NATO forces, and maybe he had a chance to go back.As they attempted to cross the border on foot, Il-76s could be seen flying overhead and traffic resumed in Quetta.

(End of this chapter)